West Linn homes priced at $3 million or more (photos)

West Linn has been in real estate news lately because Mark Wattles, best known for starting and selling then-successful Hollywood Video stores and buying bankrupt Ultimate Electronics, says he poured $12 million into a still-unfinished estate on 32 acres of farmland.

The shell of a mansion, started 20 years ago on a secluded section along the Willamette River, is being auctioned Thursday, June 14 without reserve. In theory, that means someone could walk away with the deed for pennies on the dollar.

Wattles is also selling his personal residence, about five miles away at 25020 S.W. Valley View Road for $3,488,000. He bought the Country French-style mansion in 2010, three years after it was built.

Everyone agrees a million dollars is a dramatic number. And yet, people buy houses that cost that much and more.

The most expensive real estate in Oregon? Lake Oswego earns that distinction. And yet there are plenty of homes in West Linn that cost more than $1 million.

There are so many, in fact, that we decided to just focus on the over-the-top West Linn houses on the market, the ones listed at $3 million or above.